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Virtual computers bring lower price to data crunching researchers

Nature: 'Cloud computing' is being pitched as a new nirvana for scientists drowning in data. But can it deliver? Eric Hand investigates.

Posted by Physics Today on October 24, 2007 11:32 AM |

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